Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1900, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1900-14 PAGES, McKnew’s. ‘Strictly Reliable Qualitie: Store opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. th Anniversary Souvenir Sale of Men’s Furnishings —started this morning. Only one short week of these bargains and then back we go to regular prices. Coulda't afferd to sell brand-new spring men’s furnishings at such low prices as these very long—so save money while you can $1 Fancy Shirts, 79¢. 15c. Black Hose, 9c. 50c. and 75¢. Neckwear, 23¢. Men’s $1 Gloves, warranted, &gc. soc. Underwear, 39c. $1 Underwear, 79c. . Im. Guyot Suspenders, 17¢. Pajamas, 71Ic. Pajamas, $1.50. Fancy Night Shirts, 73c. “Bike” Stockings, 53c. Bath Robes, $3. Wm.H.licKnew,933 Pa.av. mb 12-600 and almost as indis- pensable. That's Uneeda Biscuit. It’s not a noon-day novelty—it’s an every- day necessity. You can always rely on the goodness, crispness, delicacy of are baked in the samo way and packed in the same un- rivalled way as Uneeda Biscuit. SS Cording, Tucking and Fine Stitching of All Kinds. Pinking, 2c. per yard. Oppenheimer, EW HOME ‘WING MACHINE 4 OTH ST. NW. Buttons of all kinds to order. Sewirg Machines for rent by the week or imho 28a =s NN eee ae TELEPHONE SERVICE At Rates Within the Reach and Telephone Company 3s now furnishing telephone service from $3 a month up.| It ts no longer necessary for The Smali User and the Man of Mederate Means to pay the max.mum rate. Service can now be ob- tained at rates varying with the amount and class of service rendered. Mileage Charges Dis With Excepting in a few remote sections of the elty. Schedule of Reduced Plessage Rates. For measured service, with metallic circult and long-distance equipment: pensed Extra No. calls. No. parties on ine, calls, ee BI: ‘T00. #00 $50 HZ 3G cents 00 & 55 47 “41 B cents 00. oo 58 Sl 45 «cents 1,000. 72 62 BH 48 & cents 1200 S68 6 BLS cents 1500. 7 77 6 63 4 rents 1,800 N96 86 7872 & cent 2000, Liz 92 BA TB cent Above 1,000 calle may be contracted for in 100 lots at $3.00 per hundred. No charge for incoming calls, For full particulars call or address Contract Dept., 619 14th Street N. W Telephones Nos. 545 and 1893. mb3-26t-100 Great Reduction in Hair Goods. Switches. .. $2 50-1 00 Switches. Son tormerty sioso Gray Switches. 00—formerly "$5.00 Gray Switches. jormeriy $6.50 Halcireasing. sbaripovlng, ete. “Halt Dycing and Imperial Hair Regenerator for re- storing gray hair. Natural color, $1.25. S. HELLER’S, ’ Martin Wolf’s 2Stock of Fur and Cloth Garments : Is being sacrificed regardless of cost or value. We intended < this wale Satur- day night, but Mr. Wolf's advance spring ders ing in daily, and we are ged to avept them, i ures. Accordingly the vale w: for » few days longer, so that everything can be disposed cf. ‘The newest styles in ‘Tallor-made 5 kirte, Silk and Wash &e. red in many Instances manufacture. Notice PARANA AAARAR 25 denen Wash Petticoats, and pink stripes; worth SSe.; at. All Rainy-day Skirts; at 2 in neat blue nd 35c. $4.00 } Black. Gray. Red and Blue Taffeta Silk Waists; entirely new: fancy corded and HEBart hare: “ore $590 All New Taffeta Silk Waists, in all colors; worth $8.50; to PARAM AMM MAM RT 5) a an i) RARARANAHAMATAUAAAARAA TIA AAA AMMAR worth 25c. exch; 5c. 10c. at... Every yard of Fur Trimming tn the house to go at—the yard....... Children’ Muff; worth $ ‘Tailor-made Svits of fine Venetian cloth: silk-lined worth $1 $6.50 Fur Muffs; worth op rimmed with sk $3.00 ‘Ten dozen Ladies", Misses” and Gents’ All Pure Silk Uinbrelias. with steel 5@)c ribs: h $2 and $2.50; choice at . 50 Ladies’ Suits, in gra; and black; jackets silk ined; worth $9.50 €4 (4) to $11.50; to go wt See of fine Home- Sitting Iteom Rugs and Baby Carriage 9 ant $2 & $2.50 a racien! New Ci hint Waits: ABC, DAVID F. MANN Purchaser of the Martin Wolf Stoc 617 Lith St., Near G. x RRR ERR T TE HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE Robes: worth $7; to go at. Ladies’ Fine Kerse: lined; worth £6 and © i z z 2 : : FS E # = 2 : = BY : Es : F z Three-Story Dwelling and Contents, Owned by Carlton B. Hazard, Consumed. Successfal Efforts of Firemen and Others to Prevent Spread of Flames—Loxs, $6,000. The handsome three-story frame dwelling of Cariton B. Hazard, lecated at Newark and Highland avenues of the Cleveland Park subdivision, was entirely destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon, entailing a damage. according to the police report. of 38,000, about The fire was discovered a ore 4 o'clock by a small . Who gave the alarm, and a local sum- iS Was sent to the Georgetown fire company for help. The engine promptly re- sponded, but the distance from the engine house to the scene of the fire is fully two miles, and a steep up grade all the way so that it took considerable time to reach the burning house. A detail of police from No.7 station went out also, aboard a Tenleytown car, and reached the place be- fore the engines. The officers did excellent work in fighting the flames. There was no one in the Hazard house at the time the fire was discovered, Mrs. Hazard and her children, with the serv- ants, being temporarily absent and Mr. Hazard being at his office in Washington. Py the time the engines arrived the entire building was a mass of flames, and the ef- fort necessary to save other buildings in the nelghborhood which were threat- ened by the blaze. The dwelling of Georg: D. Se which is located about seventy five feet from the Hazard property, was in the direct path of the wind, and caught fire number of times. For a time it look as though it would be destroyed, und th police and volunteers brought out the fur- nishings, the dwelling beng at the time unoceupied. While this w: being done ves surround- 1 roof, throwing water on rever the flames threat- other persons stood on the € ing the the pite! surface w Kept Flames Confined. After hard work and under the difficul- ties of a lack of water the firemen kept the flames confined to the Hazard house, very little damage being done to the ad- Jeining property. On a of the short- ness of time very little was saved from the residence of Mr. Hazard. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss is only partly covered by insurance ‘The fire is u another argument by the residents of Georgetown in support of the demand for the location of an engin and truck house on the outskirts of Georg town for the ‘otection of the property in- sunty beyond, wrich alr jue to several millfons of doi- and which is annually being increased in Value. The erection of the ¢ truck house, provided for by the gress, and the Tenleytown engin provided for, have not as yet 1, and rgetown been the ‘residents are impatient wer the delay. —_=__ MAKES FAVORABLE REPORT. Axsexsor Darneilie Approves Bill to Authorize Guaranty Companies. . H. Darneille, the assessor of the . to whom the Commissioners rete House bil! 9143, to authorize the form: tion of guaranty companies in the District, Data Furnished House District Com- mittee by the Commissioners. AVERAGE COST IN FORTY-SIX STATES Rate Fixed by Congress for the District Service. APPEAL FOR INCREASE ee The House District committee several days ago led upon the Commission- ers for a full and complete report, giving the facts upon which they based their adverse recommendation upon House bill 7086, for a reduction in the price of electricity in the District. The commit- tee stated that it desires the data which the Commissioners have relating to the cost of electricity in other cities, and also any in- formation they may have received from the local companies as to the cost of electricity here. Replying to this request of the commit- tee, the Commissioners have transmitted to it a statement showing the amounts paid for electric are lighting in forty-six states and territories, some of which are for all- year service, some for a part of the year and must for over-head construction, indi- cating the average amount paid for each light to be $97.10. The Commissioners state that they submitted a statement regarding the cost of electric lighting in Washington to the House committee on appropriations, which was published as a part of the pro- ceedings before that committee. An ex- tract from this printed report is submitted by the Commissioners to the District com- mittee, from which, they state, it will be seen that the actual cost of furnishing each are lamp by the local companies per an- num js more than $100. It appears, from a pamphlet transmitted with the Commissioners’ supplemental re- port, that the data regarding the cost of electric arc lamps in the forty-six states and territories was obtained through the General Elecirle Company, the principal of- tices of which concern are situated at Sche- nectady, N. Y., the pamphlet having been ed by the company as Bulletin No. the 14th of last Augu The figures in this bulletin, according to a note insert- ed in the pamphlet, were ‘carefully com- piled from data secured through the court- esy of various station managers through- out the United States. The prices quoted have been in force during the past winter.” No statement ars in this bulletin from either of the two District. companies. Average Price Per L The average contract price per lamp per year in each of the forty-six states and ter- ritories mentioned in this pamphlet is as follows: Al Arizona Arkansas, $128.48; California, $0. rado, $1 ; Connecticut, $84.40; D Georgia Idahe p ; Indiana : Kentucl $68.10° Maryland S01: Michig: Mis: Dakota, $98.46 Rhode nd, 7740; Pennsy) Ten jouth Carolina, jouth Dakota PXaS, $108.10; rmont, $ hington (state), average In Statements submitted to the House committee on appropriations by the two local electric light panies it was de- clared that the for furnishing one standard andle-power arc lamp every night for one year is $115.74. In arriving at this estimate the following figures were given: Per are lamp per year— und maintenance costs, $16. rbons and applies, materta work, $1! tion cost portion of executive 1 keeping expense, surance, 43 cents 3 fire in- bility insurance, $2, and increased cost of coal at the assumed advance of $1 per ton a total for tems, $54.29. on on land— on buildings, 4 per cent, on steam 7 per cent, $3.76: ight ma- chines and detail on re- serve steam plant m_con- i on cables, on iron poles, 5 per cent, $1.59; . 10 per cent, $2.10; on hand- per cent, 44 cents, and on manholes, $1. al depreciation ac- interest at 6 per cent on total investment, per are lamp, of $528. Reeapitulation—Total cash out $4.29; total interest cost, at $!1.60, and total depreciation cost, $20.76, inaking the total cost for the furnishing of one standard ¥,000 candle-power are lamp all and every night for one year, $115.74. Ankw for Increnxe. In submitting th mate of the cost of are lamps to the House committee on ap- propriations Mr. George Truesdell, presi- dent of the two local electric lighting com- ies, requested that the maximum rate per annum for such lights of not s than 1,000 actual candle power. provid- ed in the current District appropriation act, per be increased to 25 cents per night for each lamp burning the number of hours now provided for by law “The circumstances,” wrote Mr. Trues- dell to the committee, “under which the rate of was established in the appro- priation act for the current fiscal year, to- gether with the language contained in said aet, would seem to indicate conclusively that said rate was imposed upon the elec- tric lighting companies as a tax for the right to use conduits heretofore built, or which might be built under the provisions of suid act. That the rate was considered by Congress as inadequate is further shown by the fact that the rate for lighting public parks, fixed by the act making appropria- tions for sundry civil expensesefor the cur- has advised a favorable report thereon. The bill empowers any company now authorized or which may hereafter be authorized by Congress to de an insurance business in the District, having a paid-up capital of not less than $250,000, to engage in a securit guaranty and indemnity business, and where by law two or more sureties are re- quired upon ary obligation which said com- any is authcrized to insure, it may act as sole surety thereon and may be accepted by the court or other officer or person au- thorized to approve the sufliciency of any bond or undertaking. In his report Mr. Darneille says: “At this time there are a number of com- panies nized elsewhere, but doing a guaranty and indemnity business In the District of Columbia; these companies make ro returns to this office and are under no local supervision whatever, whereas all in- surance companies authorized by act of Congress are required to and do make re- turns and pay taxes to the District gov- ernment; and not to grant the powers con- tained in this bill. in my humble estimation, Would be an unjust discrimination against local instituticns. “The minimum capital ($250,000) provided for in this bill, is the minimum required by the act of Congress approved August 13, 18M4. entitled “An act relative to recog- nizances, stipulations, bonds and under- takings, and to allow certain corporations to be accepted as surety thereon,’ which is an act regulating the acceptance of bonds by officers of the general government. (Copy of act of August 13, 1894, Inclosed.) “I can see no reasonable objection: to the passage of this bill, but on the contrary would most earnestly recommend its enact- ment Into law.” —>__ An investigation of the plot in Rio de Janeiro to overthrow the republic has dis- ciosed the fact that almost all the persons compromised have been arrested. THERE IS AGLASS OF PEOPLE Who injured by the use of coffee. Recently Set Se Seater eae ee Giaing, that’ takes the place of coffee. “che most cate stomach receives it without distress, but few can tell it from It = Seredt, “5 ct and 25 eta per package: x a Ask for GRAIN-O, rent fiscal year, was cents per light ($91.25 per annum). The electric lighting companies respectfully submit that no other corporation in the District of Colum- bia is required to render any service to the public at less than cost as a consideration for the right to occupy public streets, and that, therefore, this requirement of the lighting companies is an unjust discrimina- tion against sald companies. If it is to be the fixed policy of Congress to Impose upon corporations a tax for the right to use Public streets it is respectfully suggested that such tax should be uniform in its ap- plication and be fixed with some reference to the value of the franchise enjoyed by the corporation. Condaits Expensive. ‘he electric lighting companies have ex- pended large sums of money, voluntarily, auring the past summer fn laying expensive conduits and placing their overhead wires therein. Morcover, they have been required by law to furnish, free of charge, in each condult, three ducts for the use of the United States end the District of Columbia. It would seen that these ducts ought to be sufficient compensation to the public for the right to occupy the public streets and to furnish lights to public and private con- sumers, without the additional burden of being required to furnish public lights at a figure largely below cost. It is believed that no other lighting company in the United States is required to furnish lights to the public at a loss, and that such a policy is not only unjust to the electric lighting companies in the District of Columbia, but is one that in the end will prove detri- mental to the public interests as weil as to the interests of the lighting companies. Large expenditures will be required on the part of these companies in the near future to bring the service up to the highest standard of cffictency, and {f it Is the fixed policy of Congress to require public light- ing on the part of the lighting companies at a great loss, there will be no inducement xe extend the condults or improve the ser- vice.”” —_— Not Gulity. From the Chicago News. Mother—“Willie, didn’t I say I'd whip you if you put another rubber button on the stove?” Willie—“Yes'm; but ‘taint me this time, ma. rd = smokin’ one of them cigars you bought him for Christmas.” /ELECTRIC LIGHTING! 4FFA!RS IN| ALEXANDRIA Over Wash- ia Turnpike. dig Siasing ington and Question Before Board of Supervisors —Knights of Maita to Organize —General Matters. in hs Evening Star Bureau, No. 701 King St. Bell Telephone No. 106. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12, 1900. The board of supervisors for Alexandria county held its regular monthly meeting this morning in the county court house, on Fort Myer Heights. The principal matter for consideration was that of the settle- ment of a long-standing controversy re- garding the ownership of the old Washing- ton and Alexandria turnpike, extending from the south end of Long bridge to this city. For years past the condition of this road has been a source of much complaint to the citizens of Alexandria county. Sep- tember last the supervisors decided to take legal steps with a view either of securing control of the turnpike or of forcing its owners to comply with the terms of their charter in keeping it in repatr. Negotia- tions were opened with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the tracks of which oc- cupy a portion of the turnpike, and the state legislature authorized the necessary measures for closing up the matter. The proposition made by the Pennsylva- nia company, it is sald, was to give the county the sum of $3,730 and a 50-foot right of way the whole extent of the turnpike, excepting 500 feet ay the south end of Long bridge, the company agreeing to transport gravel for the road as far as Waterloo. The matter came up before the board this morning, but consideration was deferred until the next meeting, which will be with- in thirty days. Branch of Knights of Maita. A number of Washington members of the Knights of Malta held a meeting in Odd Fellows’ Hall, cn North Columbus street, yesterday afternoon, with a view of estab- lishing a branch of that organization in this city. According to the rules and regula- tions of the society, thirty-three members are necessary to form a new council. As only fourteen persons signified their inten- tion of becoming members. the organization had to be postponed. Another meeting will be held Sunday next at the hall of the Junior Order, United American Mechanics. Among the sir knights who delivered Speeches yesterday, explaining something of the nature of their saciety, were the fol- lowing: John S. Dew: E. A. Wilson, C. B. Shafer, John F. Hay. Josiah Millard, A. W. Connell and Dr. J. T. Hensey. Mr. W. L. Griffin has been appointed organizer for this city. Visiting Paxtors Officiate. Several of the local pulpits were occupied yesterday by out-of-town pastors, who ched to large congregations. Rev. S. Laws, D.D., preached at the Second Presbyterian Church and Rev. Mr. Lips- comb delivered sermons at the First Bap- tist Church. Rey. 8. A. Ball preached at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, and Rev. S. A. Wallis preached in Christ Epis- copal Church, in the absence of the pastor, Rev. Berryman Green, who preached at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond. Union Veteran Dend. Edward Kevan, a well-known resident of the first ward, died Saturday at his home, No. 215 Jefferson street, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. Deceased was a member of Davis Post, G. A. R. He was confined in Libbey prison for a long time during the civil war. Funeral services will take place tomorrow morning at: o'clock, and the burial will be made with military honors, Davis Post taking part in the services. A Question-of Horse Racing. The Agricultural and ‘Industrial Fair As- seciatioa of Northern Virginia will hold a special meeting at an early date to con- sider the charter which the legislature of Virginia has granted (6 the association. In the charter presented to the legislature there was a clause exempting the associa- tion, for a short time in each year, from the provisions of the Maupin law, which prohibits horse racing in the state. This clause was stricken from the bill. As the renning of horses was considered an essen- tial feature io the proposed enterprise by ome of its promoters it may be thatygome :embers will advocate the abandonment of the project. A large number of those in- terested, however, are said to hold a con- trary view. General Matters. Mr. William Chauncey, a prominent and respected citizen, died last night after a lingering illness at his home, 611 South Fairfax street. Deceased was born in 1834, and resided here all his life. For years he conducted the sculptor’s business, having his marble works located at the corner of Columbus and Duke streets. His wife and five grown children survive him. re funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, wife of Benjamin Z. Davis, will take place Wednesday morning from the late resi- dence Prin: of the deceased at the corner and Henry streets. Mrs died erday. She was about f ars of age. Attorney” Willisra E. Fendall rounced his candidacy for cierk ef the cor- poration and circuit courts in this Mr. Jonn S, Beach, the incumbent, will be a candidate for re-election. There was cnly one case before Mayor Simpson in the pelice court this morniz that of Payton Ballenger, charged with a sault. A fine of $5 was imposed. Judge Norton has entered a decree in the poration court allowing Commissioner Boothe to accept an offer of sale for prop- erty involved in the case of Mary 5. Ryan against J. T. Ryan. 5 William —H. Henderson continues sly ill of pneumonia at his residence on the corner of Prince and Henry streets. —- PROTEST AGAINST SBARRETTI.. of Davis ty-three h has an- Committee to Inform Him of Wishes of the Cubans. A dispatch from Havana yesterday says: Comparatively few people attended today's meeting to protest against the appointment of Mer. Sbarretti to the bishopric of Ha- vana. A committee of four, including Gen. Maximo Gomez, was appointed to visit the bishop and to inform him respectfully of the wishes of the Cuban people. It was argued that it would be better to take this course on the chance that Mar. Sbarretti would express a willifgness to resign and thus save the work of organizing some forty subcommittees of protest from the various part® of the diocese, as was criginally proposett. Col. Houston Meets Sharp Opposition in Province'of Panay. A dispatch from Mafitla last night says: Thousands of organized insurgents are re- sisting Col. omens ‘battalion of the 19th Regiment at Antique, province of Panay, which is the only proyince which Ameri- cans do not occupy. The Americans lost seven killed. A battalion ofsthe 44th Regiment, from Tloflo, reinforced Houston's command, One hundred amd fifty Tagalos, armed with rifles, have #urrendered at Capiz and have been transferred::to Luzon. Six Americans wereckilled in an ambush recently laid by the Filipinos at Aparri. ——_+e+____ AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c, Today. ‘Thomas J. Owen, Auct,, 918 F at. n.w.—Trustecs’ sale of No. 1305 F st. n.w., today, March 12, at 4 p.m. Wim. H. Henning and Benj. H. Stine- metz, trustees. James H. Ratcliffe. Auct.. 920 Pa. ave. n.w.— Trustees’ sale of unimproved property, southeast corner of 18th and Mass. ave. s.e., today, March 12, at 4:30 p.m. Orrin B. Hallam and.J. Holds- worth Gordon, trustees. ‘Tomorrow. Marcus Notes, Auct., 687 La. ave. n.w.—Sale of confectionery, fancy goods, show cases, &., on Tuesday, March 18, at 10 o'clock a.m., at auction rooms. J. W. Ratcliffe, Auct., 920 Pa. ave. n.w.—Sale of entire contents of Topeka Lunch Tom, 630 Pa. ave. n.w., on Tuesday, Match 13, at 10 o'clock a.m., oa the premisve. Seta dination adn bins odie ichnchacn dr bioindniacn Sabet 8d Rndiodr acd nn Hechts’ Greater Stores. Purchases “‘charged.” New York importer’s sample suits, $19.98. A most gigantic purchase of the cleverest and * handsomest tailor-made suits, which enables us % tomake a most exceptional offering—by which % you get suits which are to be seen in the large stores about town at $30 to $40, for $19.98. Again we succeed in securing a lot of sample suits by which, because of their unusual lowness of price and because the Season is So young, we create the greatest sensation of the season. Finest examples of the man tailor’s art—the most ultra-fashion- able effects which are shown. Novelties of the choicest character— swell broadcloths, cheviots, serges and finest Venetians. Some plain and some elaborately applique trimmed with silk braid and taf- feta silk and satin. All-silk lined jackets—and skirts have the new box pleats, are lined with “Nubian” fast black percaline and bound with S., H. & M. water- Q, proof binding. Instead of $30 to $40, for...... Cheviot serge and covert suits, $6.98 Another startling offering! Ladies’ Cheviot Serge and Covert Suits—all new spring styles—all thoroughly tailor-made—all with new style jackets and skirts—wh:ch cannot be duplicated elsewhere for less than $9.50, at $6.98. 4 great bargains in ladies’ skirts —the offering of which is only possible becase we made the skirts _ ourselves, saving thé profits which usually go to a maker. No other store in this city makes the skirts they sell, hence our leadership. § | x0) for cheviot § 6.9 for broad- serge skirts. cloth skirts —all wool—in a variety of colors—all new —the very herdsomest quality black broad- in cut—all well lined and bound—skirts new single box pleat back which maj lores buve been offering as lique trimmed with braid leaders at $2.9 and $3. Should be $10. $3 (0) for brilliant- for black ° ine skirts. crepon skirts beantiful Instrous lack, which will not Ised silky blister crepons—as bla get rusty—which will wear forever, almost wi —all full width and perfect fitting—and sold at $6.50 and more elsewhere. LIDIA cooler eed Motte os ot ee ete Record-breaking selling of bedwear. Values in ready-made bedwear, such as we offer for tomorrow and tell of below, indeed break all record of extraordinary selling. It will pay you to lay in a large supply 500 dozen bleached pillow AZ. cases, ready for use, for. Seedoeteeontensneg shooaseeseesenteeceeseatoateeseors aleeseosenseetefeazeaseaseege ot ee ee ea i norco 139 dozen rendy-made bleached sheets, 54 by 80 Inches, which usually sell ut 89¢., to go we 29c. 285 dozen ready-made sheets, 81 by 90 Inches, nixbed with deep bein, and of good quality muslin, in: stead of 50 xe ' 44¢. 112 dozen extra five quality ready-made Dieached sheets, 81 by 90 inches, hand- Ironed, hemmed aud hand-torn, In- 5 stead of 69¢., to go tomorrow for Cc. 5 rit oot 640 dozen plain and hemstitched ble: pillow cases, made of extra fine, soft mus- Mn—45 36 inches—instead 1034c. of 15¢., will be sold for a 39 dozen bolster made of heavy — 69 dozen 81 b inch ready-made sheets S Gullo viusiin wach as /acit at 19¢, of stamped | “Fruit-of-the-Loom" 6 Ee oe, WHE be sold tomorrow at. ° muslin, instead of 75c., to £0 for . + Hecht & Company, 513-515 Seventh Street. genvtetetetentennedebtetetetnnentetedenneidedeteeteteteligheetetetette aededetetedeteteted THE MAGAZINE FIELD. A PROPHET WAS JACK. Likewise n Sportsman Who Under- stood the Habits of Hin Prey. A Star, reporter, against his will, in a Georgetown car the other afternoon be- came an involuntary eavesdropper, for the reason that two ladies near him exchanged confidences in very distinct tones. The stouter of the two ladies was in middle life and appeared to be one who, if she had been long ground between the millstones of the matrimonial grist, had thrived, for she was fair, sleek, we'l fed and well dressed and apparently contented. The other was young and pretty and evi- dently willing to undergo a similar ordeal. “And you enjoyed yourself so much at Old Point last summer, dear?” inquired the matron. “Oh, immensely. I am so glad I went. Of course, if I hadn't, well, it wouldn't have happened if J hadn't.” You never told me, dear,” murmured the other with encouraging sweetness. The younger lady biushed. “Well,” she answered, lowering her voice slightly, “I thought Jack liked me, but I considered our acquaintance such’ as is often formed where two young people who have known each other for some time are more closely thrown together than usual, with nothing to do but walk on the sands look at the breakers, promenade the veran- das and flirt—just a lite of the latter, to be sure, with a lot of the other diversions. “One day down on the beach below the hotel, when we were quite alone, I told Jack I was goin back to Washington the following morning. I held out my hand, saying that I was sorry to leave him! sinee he had been so nice and attentive; it would be au revoir and not adieu. I had it all fixed, you sce.” The other ? miled nowingly ind still more encouragingly. ‘But the overbearing fellow took my hand in his big, strong one, and, holding it and me so 1 couldn't get away, he said: “Emily, it's all right for you to go back home, but 1 want you to understand that you are returning With a first mort- sage, bearing a high rate of interest, pay- able in gold and redeemab‘e to me und to me alone on demand, and that settles understand?’ And, would you believe it right there in the sunlight, with the brecze from the sea blowing my hair every which way and making me look like a perfect fright, he stooped down and kissed me in the most authoritative, dictatorial, un- questioning manner ‘imaginable! " And, mind you, dear, not a word had he ever said to me about love before, nor a hint that I might have something to say as to my own opinions on such an important mat- er. The other lady's white tecth were ex- posed in a broad smi‘e as she inquired the manner in which such a high-handed piece of impertinence had been resented. “Why, what could I do?” Answered the younger one, with apparent great innocence. “I scolded lim dreadfully, but he only laughed and said that he hoped that I would always remain as pretty and glowing as I was then, and that such a small matter as my views on the subject didn’t ‘cut any bait.” He had made up his mind, and that settled it, and that he would follow me up Wonderful Changes Which Have Taken Place Within Five Year: A Star reporter, in company with a dealer in periodicals and magazines, stood near the stationery counter of one of our large department stores yssterd: A lady had purchased a popular maga- zine, handing the clerk a 10-cent piece and receiving 2 cents in change. “That magazine,” sald the dealer, “was sold for precisely cost pric>, and, there- fore, there was no profit In the sale. These stores, however, do not calculate upon mak- ing profits on such sales, and sell under the retail price to attract customers within their doors. “The change in the field of magazines within the last five years has been most re- markable. Old favorites have been dis- placed by new. Prices have b2en lowered, and but one magazine devoted to popular reading maintains its original price of 35 cents. One of the oldest magazines was re- cently cut to 25 cents. Several former 25- cent magazines have been down to 10 cents for some time. The scientific and ‘deep thought’ magazines, still Keep up to their old figures. Their circulation, however, is so limited that they cannot be considered factors in the matter. Ten cents {s the pop- ular price, and several magazines at a nickel sell well. me of the intersting phases of this question to the dealers and the reading pub- lic is the ‘invasion’ of this country by the English magazine selling at 10 cents. We all recall the invasion of Great Britain by the American magazin2 some years ago, its success, and the outcry it occasioned abroad. I have not observed any special comment on the turn of the tables. These magazines are called ‘reprints,’ and are, in fact, with c2r-ain modifications, reprints of their prototypes, some with different covers, others identical all through. There are five of these magazines of the first class—quite a number, isn't It? They sell well and are close rivals to their American cousins. “The magazine reading public is very fickle. One month a certain magazine will ‘sell big.’ The next month it is of another Kind, the first dropping off heavily. Som> magazines sell well when a popular serial is running and then fall off upon its con- clusion. We never know how the cat is go- ing to jump, and often find ourselves ‘short’ or ‘stuck,’ as the case may be, as the public fancy has that month willed. Two or thre of the popular 10-cent magazines have monthly a great sale, yet even these will occasionally drop off, only to pick up again. The question of knowing how many to or- der ‘ahead’ is the worry of our live: ‘| “The magazines ar> returnable, but at a that fs, if we pay 8 cents apiece for one, wholesale, we may turn it back {f un- sold at 7 cents, Since we make but 2 cents on each magazine, if we are ‘stuck’ on many our entir2 profits may be wiped out. On these ‘returnables’ we try not to order more than we need, yet to have enough to meet the demand and not to lose a sale. On2 of the popular monthlies with a large cireulation 1s not returnable.” Tt used to be,- but the publishers changed the rule. We | to Washington te the were Mone re ae pay § cents and sell it for 10. If we have | thaly had the ieaerie to ee eer even one ‘copy, unsold we lose the profits | nave not been able to get rid of him slrice. on four sales; 80, instead of ordering 100) xen are so queer, and now that me haee copies as formerly, we order but twenty- | hoon married nearly a yeor hee Ore fave five, which we are sure to sell, and often ( Oi) tyrant, Butt Gon bndn. could sell sixty or seventy, but the loss of “Yes,” answered the older lady reflect- profit on unsold coples is so great that we ively, “some men are tyrants, convenient, oe tio apeiien tb ail Other padiodivale he {Sear old tyrants, handy to have about the . be- a py © eee our business, of all businesses, is eg- | 2OU—here, conductor, stop at 22d street. tially of small, very small, profits—the ae Sennies y ie Robes de Luxe. “What I have sald about magazines holds | tthough soft and clinging materials are good as to the big weekly Wlustrated papers | cortainly the fashion, we have not es yet which sell for 10 cents. Their circulation 2 has dropped off immensely. The war with | abandoned really handsome brocades and brocatels. These are made as long as sweeping trains, with distinct satin front Spain and the present trouble in the Trans- vaal, Lioweer nae pulled nes oe One reason for tl Pe it Greulation is, I} preadths, the lower part of the bodi i | s, ice made Se eee prone, Sound LhaE Chey” COMA or cue brocade: ae watis full Hiodice Gets oct of this, festooned with pearls and aften em- broidered. Self brocades are porhaps the get so much more reading and illustrated matter in the 10-cent magazines that they most fashionable. but there are others with natural tinted flowers upon them, and there did not care to pay the same price for the rich stuffs are also employed for cloaks in weeklies."”” the favorite sky b'ues. With plenty of oe or chiffon they have the most costly effect. —_--—__ Handicapped. From the Chicago News. 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